net.sourceforge.jpalm
Class DataBlock

java.lang.Object
  net.sourceforge.jpalm.DataBlock

Direct Known Subclasses:

AbstractRecord, ApplicationInfo, FilterCriterion, Header, RecordHeader, RecordImpl, SortCriterion, SortInfo

public abstract class DataBlock
extends java.lang.Object

An abstract representation of a block of data in a file.

Constructor Summary

DataBlock()

Method Summary

abstract void	deserialize(byte[] data) Populate class properties from a byte array.
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object object)
abstract byte[]	serialize() Create a byte array of the class properties.
java.lang.String	toString() Gets the string representation of this class as a hexadecimal string.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

DataBlock

public DataBlock()

Method Detail

deserialize

public abstract void deserialize(byte[] data)

Populate class properties from a byte array.

Parameters:

data - the byte array

serialize

public abstract byte[] serialize()

Create a byte array of the class properties.

Returns:

the byte array

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Gets the string representation of this class as a hexadecimal string.

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object

Returns:

a hexadecimal representation of this class

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object object)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object